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Top CNS stories for today including word that the FBI’s raid of embattled Trump attorney Michael Cohen might have scooped up files involving women who say New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman “sexually victimized” them; AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson tells employees in a companywide memo that “AT&T hiring Michael Cohen as a political consultant was a big mistake”; the Kansas Supreme Court comes down hard in favor of allowing immediate press and public review of new court records; California Governor Jerry Brown urges lawmakers not to be lulled by better-than-expected tax collections, preaching fiscal prudence; a trial accusing Eli Manning and the New York Giants of a years-long memorabilia scam kicks off Monday; Garry Kasparov, the former World Chess Champion, says people must discard their “mythological” fear that artificially intelligent killer robots to advance scientific discovery, and more.

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National

1.) The FBI’s raid of embattled Trump attorney Michael Cohen might have scooped up files involving women who say New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman “sexually victimized” them, an attorney said Friday.

2.) An attorney for Paul Manafort asked a federal judge Friday to keep several documents under seal while he considered whether to toss criminal charges against the former Trump campaign chairman.

3.) “There is no other way to say it,” AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said in a companywide memo Friday, “AT&T hiring Michael Cohen as a political consultant was a big mistake.”

4.) The critically endangered right whale took center stage in a pair of federal lawsuits from an environmental nonprofit that says a significant reduction in protected fish habitat in the Northeast will further imperil the whale and fish species.

Regional

5.) In the midst of a national conflict between news groups and a few powerful state court officials, the Kansas Supreme Court on Thursday came down hard in favor of allowing immediate press and public review of new court records.

6.) Boasting the world’s fifth largest economy and coffers flush with better-than-expected tax collections, California’s Democratic governor and one-time Jesuit seminarian is once again preaching fiscal prudence.

7.) A trial accusing Eli Manning and the New York Giants of a years-long memorabilia scam kicks off Monday with jury selection.

8.) California Governor Jerry Brown vowed to step up efforts to make forests more resilient to drought and wildfire by allocating more dollars toward thinning projects and prescribed burns.

9.) Baltimore’s police commissioner was criminally charged this week with failing to file federal tax returns for 2013 through 2015.

10.) The Ninth Circuit on Friday revived the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s challenge to Seattle’s ordinance allowing app-based drivers like Uber and Lyft to unionize, finding the law could violate federal antitrust rules.

Science

11.) Garry Kasparov, the former World Chess Champion dethroned in 1997 by an intelligent chess-playing computer, said Thursday that people must discard their “mythological” fear that artificially intelligent killer robots will annihilate humanity, and collaborate with AI to advance scientific discovery.

International

12.) As Hakan Atilla learns what sentence he must serve for helping Iran launder billions of dollars, Istanbul’s fragile markets will watch closely Wednesday for cues about the fate of the Turkish banker’s former employer.

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